I can not get a handle on this landing anymore. Slow,fast it doesn't matter I touch the runway and flip over. Some times I can turn hard into flip and not crash but now I'm stuck to side of carrier or building. I can take a looooooong shalllllooooowww approach and land most times but still not all. I am starting to stay in fight by flying out and back in again because it is a waste to fly back to airport just to crash and lose points anyway.
When I have to land with enemies around forget it ...just crash and re-spawn. I have been trying for weeks now to remaster landing and I'm getting nowhere . Help!

I'm not certain but it seems that you can have your nose more down now and hit the brakes sooner.

I used to pull up more but now it makes me bounce too hard. Still experimenting.

1/3 power, pull up, kill power, continue pulling up as it settles. Wait till you are almost at a dead stop b4 braking

I just went and did it. When the wheels took their first bounce, I then leveled out. No problem.

Ever since the last "big" update with the improved graphics and self destroying tanks and increased spawn crashes, I've had more difficulty landing. Several times I've referred to it as trying to land a unicycle. (Stole that from somebody)

I take an approach like Jack described. I try to come in at about a 20-30 angle, nose up and kill power to "drop" on the strip/carrier. I used to be able to smoothly set down and coast down the runway, but that almost always ends up with a left or right flip now. "Dropping" from a few feet with the tail landing first is what I have to do now. I have to be at or below 30 knots to hit the brake or I face plant every time.

My general rule of thumb, especially after the last few releases, is to always stall the plane into the ground. If I'm still anywhere in the flying range of speeds when I touch down, I'll bounce high enough to flip or hit the carrier basement ceiling.

So whatever the approach, whether it's a long shallow one, a short steep one, or a turning descending bank, I make sure to kill throttle early, and then feather it up only so I can complete the final maneuver. At the runway threshold, my speed is too high if pulling up-elevator results in a gain in altitude; but speed is just right if pulling up elevator results in nose pitch-up with no altitude gain, and slower speed instead. Seen on camera view, I should fall down to the runway with the nose pitched up. In fact, I finish a lot of my landings in camera view, as it is very good for feedback on what went right/wrong.

Nowadays, I've taken to pushing the nose level or down right before I hit the runway. Just a nit, but helps minimize the bounce.

Manfred

Thanks guys! My problem is I can stall inches above run way. Touch ground and immediately start a left roll upside down and crash. Actually having some forward motion allows me some times to turn away (right) and not crash. It's like balancing on my right wheel which made the unicycle comment funny .

That's very strange indeed! Sometime when we are in a game together, I'd like to follow you and watch that.
Even if it doesn't help diagnose the problem, it will be entertaining!
Manfred

I'm running version 4.25 (latest one), on my Samsung S2. No issues at all, only complain is about very slow turnings, and not being able to taxi the airplane inside the carrier anymore... I need to enter it from back door, and imediately turn left to prepare for a take-off through the side door...
So, it looks that some issues are device-dependant.

But know what? This update is the one I liked most! The visual effects are really nice! And it didn't compromise bandwidth - even when I use my slow 3G.

Edit: I didn't notice "self-destroying tanks", but perhaps it is caused by a change on the destruction-radius of the shells, making it more harzadous, in such a way that the cannon needs to aim a little higher to prevent self destruction... Just a guess, I don't have any evidence of it, it didn't happen to me yet. My only tank issue was caused by a weird bird last night. lol

Latest update has helped except the turning radius. I have been landing some! I purposely try to land on right wheel first and aiming a little left kinda crab in.